Drying form



July 15, 1930. P. .1. TIMBERLAKE 1,770,869

DRYING FORM Filed Jan. 29, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l I FIG- 1.. FIG. 3. 6

1930.. P. J. TIMBERLAKE 1,770,869

DRYING FORM Filed Jan. 29, 1929 2 Shoots-Sheet 2 Patented July 15 ,1930Z,

i PAUL .r. TIMBERLAKEEIOF e so'u, MICHIGAN DRYING roRivr E I Applicationfiled lanuary 2a, 1929. (s ri l No. 335, 42; 1

The present invention relates to. hinged ingthepresent inventionareconstructed is frames employed to support and stretchgarrepresentedin- Fig. 2 and consists of Wire 2 ments', such as socks,infantsshitts, etc.',whilccovered with a rubber sheating 3. Themethdrying; and has for its object to improve the d of producing suchmaterialconstitutes no '5 construction of the same, as will be pointed.part 'ofthe'present invention. out, particularly by. producing framesthat In makinga frame forfst-retching and dryhave no exposed parts ofmetal; In making ingsto'ckings, such as represented in Fig. 1, such'drying'frames it has heretofore been the a pair ofiduplica'te forms areproduced and practice to connect together the several relathese arehinged together near their upper tively movable parts-by metallichinges, usualends permitting. the article to be hung upon ly in the formofmet-al' ferrules. These, and a support. after the stockings areappliedv other metal parts ofthe frame, having're- .thereto, duringthedryingprocess, The-stock peatedly brought into contact with them thematerial, of the character-"for instance illus- Wet garments to bestretched and dried, almost trated in Fig. 2, is shaped by any approved7 inevitably sooner or laterbegin to rust or means into desired formwith the endsof the corrode, and then "garments applied thereto:materialturned toward each other-to form a are stained. .In thepractice oflthe present incrossbar 4 at the top of the form, that is atvention the metal frames employed to support the endoppositethe'footportion." These ends the garments or other articles tobedried are of the formare finally causedto-abut and are covered withrubbertubing or some other suit united by welding or brazing; Before the'm' able water proof sheathing and the'movable ends of the wires2 are:thusuniteda pair of parts of each frame are united by hinges forms' arebrought together as indicated in formed 7 of flexible tubular waterproofFig. 3 and api'ece of rubber tubing 6 is slipped sheaths, such as rubbertubing. Bythe use of: over an inturnedend of each form, uniting thisinventiomnot only are all metal parts them'as'an elastic ferrulei.Thispie'ce of rub- .55 covered so that thelgarments applied to the heris thenf forced back over the frames'past frames do' not comeintocontact with any: theibends? until-it occupies a-posit-ion sur-'metal, but also the metal of the frame is very gr'ounding the'long'sidepieces'Bof the forms, effectively protected against moisture and theasrepresented in Fig. 4 and-in dotted'lines,

-' 510 tendency thereof torust orcorrode is reduced Fig. 3. The rubbersheathings 3 at the ends so toa minimum. r I I pftheinturned pieces'lof; the forms are then-Qv In the accompanying drawings, wherein crowdedback as represented 1n*F1g.4,leav1ng the invention is illustrated, aexposed theends of -the wires 2 whichare Fig. 1 is a perspective viewofa frame for brought together and united by gbrazln'g or 55 supporting apair of stockings while being otherwise. After the wires have.been'united S5 Fi s. 3 and 4' are viewsillustrating steps pleted. l

stretched anddried,*embodyingthe present 'sheathi'ngs 3 covering themare slipped back invention, parts being brokenaway. I toplace untiltheir "ends abut. The "piece of Fig. :2 is a view of apieceoftock'materia'l tubing 6 is then slipped back into place as from whichthe frame is produced. represented in Fig.1, when the article is cominthe manufacture of a frame such as shown It will bej-seen'that'by-thisconstruction. the in Fig. I from stockmaterial suchaspre only placeswhere themetal' parts 20f the sented in Fig. 2. 1 frame arenotcompletely'covered is where the, Fig; 5 is a view of a hinged stretchingand ends of the sheathing 3 abut at about themidi drying fra'mefor ashirt,em bodyingthepresj dl'e oftheend cross bars dot the. frame, and

l ent invention. that the'exposure at these points is negligible, Fig..6 is a view illustrating stepsin the ,astheends,,of the sheathingclosely abut,and manufacture of an article such as shown in may, ifdesired, be' united by rubber cement, Fig. 5.. i I or otherWaterproofmate'rial; and theseabut- ,The material from whichframesembodyting-ends of the sheathing 3 are' within' the ion tubularrubber sheath 6, which constitutes the V hinge of the frame. If anymoisture should reach the metal and the latter rust or corrode it willnot stain the articles that may heapplied to the frame for stretchingand drying, as the only parts of the metal that are liable to corrosionare within the sheathing 6, constituting the hinge.

. which indicates the body form and 9, 9

the arm' forms, hinged to the body form by tubular rubber hinges 6 suchhave already been described. In constructing the frame shown in the bodyform thereof, 15, is shaped from a single piece ofwi re the ends ofwhich are preferably brought together and united at the lower-crossmember 10 of the form. The ends of the wires that constitute the armforms are brought together and united at points 11, and are covered bythe tubular hinge parts 6 when the frame is assembled. i

The side members 12 of the body form 15 of the frame are bent atpointslg to prevent the hinges 5 from slipping from their desiredpositions such as indicated in the drawing.

In assembli-ngthe parts of the frame shown in Fig th'etwo tubular piecesof rubber tubing that are to serve as the hinges are slipped on to thebody frame angle-long the re nectiv-e side's-l2 thereof to positionsabove the bends 13.. The ends of the Wire eon-stituting, the frame maythen be up ted eompleting the crossbar 10; One oft-he arm forms, itsends still ununited, is then placedintothe position represented. in Fig.6, that 155 ly ng across the upper end of the form *8, and one free endof thewire constituting the form 9 is inserted into the tubular hingepiece (3. This piece is then worlred around the bends 14: of the frame peces-to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6. The ends ofthe wire constituting the sleeve form 9 may now be united, the sheathing3 thereof being pushed back to expose} the jo nt while stood thatvarious modifications and changes in the parts of the invention comewithin the purview of the present invention. For instance the sheathingemployed to protect the metal of the frames might be in the form of awater proof enamel applied to the wire in lieu of the loosely appliedrubber water proof sheathing which is shown in the drawings. Theinvention therefore is not limited to the specific showing thereofherein presented, nor'fbeyond'what is expressed in the claims,

Claims:

1. A metal frame formed of a plurality of parts hinged together, thehinges being flexible, integral and tubular, andsurrounding portions ofeach of the parts they unite.

2. A frame comprising a plurality of parts formed of-:wire shaped to thedesired form and hinges uniting. the parts of the frame, the hingesbeing of flexible, unbroken, tubular material.

3. A frame consisting of a plurality of parts-formed of wire shaped tothe desired form, the wire bein sheathed with water proof material andhinges uniting the parts of the frame the hinges being of flexible,integral, tubular, waterproof material. I 4. A drying frame consistingof a plurality of parts formed of wire covered with a rubber sheathingand hinges uniting the parts of the frame consistingof sections ofintegral, flexible, rubber tubing.

5. Theherein described method of proi'lneing a hinged frame from wire,covered with a rubber sheathing, which consists in bending the sheathedwire into the desired forms, the ends of the wire being brough' closetogether but remaining unconnected, assembling a pair of forms withportions thereof side by side, passing over such portions a section ofintegral flexible tubing, and forcing the same along the side-by-sideportions of the two forms until the ends of the form extend beyond thetubular section, then uniting the separated ends of the form and Yfinally forcing over the saidunited portions of the form the saidtubular piece to serve as ahinge uniting the parts of the frame.

' In testimony whereof I a fiix my signature.

:PAUL J. Tra ner-inane the union is being made. This having beencompleted the ends of the sheathing; are brought together andth'etubularhinge piece 6 is shppedback in The steps justdescribedarethenrepeated in the attachment of the second sleeve form 9.

It will be understood from; the foregoing description taken; i nconneet-ion -W-ith -the drawings that-the invention may be embodied inarti les of different constructions and forms; and further that it is tobe underplace, as'represented in int;

